ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,088, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm).

"Bitrate control in a virtual reality (VR) environment" was invented by Chris Phillips (Hartwell, Ga.), Robert Hammond Forsman (Sugar Hill, Ga.), Jennifer Ann Reynolds (Duluth, Ga.) and Charles Hammett Dasher (Lawrenceville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Providing bitrate control for delivering media content to a plurality of virtual display (VD) screens presented in a virtual reality (VR) environment effectuated by a VR device of a subscriber based on detecting a movement in a point of view with respect the VD screens' placement within t...